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Photography > Snapshots

Preferred term

Snapshots  

Definition

  • Photographs made with simple cameras without artistic pretensions or commercial considerations, beginning especially in 1888 with the appearance of the first roll film box camera; often recognizable in that they were processed not by the photographer but by a commercial concern [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lomography
  • Photographs, snapshots
  • Photos, snapshots
  • Pictures, snapshots
  • Snapshot photography

Notation

  • 118028

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NLHR422J-7

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